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Calle 13 - Residente o Visitante - April 24th, 2007
With A Wealth Of Cover Stories Now Hitting Newsstands In Support Of The April 24th Release of Residente o Visitante and The Already Heralded First Single "Tango del Pecado," The Forthcoming Sophomore Album From Triple Latin Grammy Winners CALLE 13 Is Clearly Latin Music's Most Anticipated New Record
Already on Near-Constant Rotation At Numerous Latin Music Video Channels, First
Single "Tango del Pecado" Features Two-Time Oscar Winning Special Guest Gustavo
Santaolalla And His Bajafondo Tango Club, While Other Tracks On Residente o
Visitante Feature Appearances By Tego Calderón, Orishas, La Mala Rodriguez and
Vincento from Fabulosos Cadillacs
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then the multiple covers and several
thousand words of advance features that have just hit newsstands about the
forthcoming second record from Triple Latin Grammy winners Calle 13 should be an indication that Residente o Visitante (set for release April 24th) is clearly the most-anticipated new Latin album of the year. The groundbreaking duo of brothers has already redefined the concept of urban-alternative Latin music with their widely praised debut album, and is now set to further push the boundaries of Latin genre classification. A clear example is the album's first single "Tango del Pecado" ("Tango of Sin") - a unique fusion of tango with Latin hip-hop that features two-time Oscar winner Gustavo Santaolalla and his Bajafondo tango club, which has already become a fast staple in the rotation of all major Latin video networks. The album's genre-expansion and lyrical outspokenness continues with tracks that feature guests such as Tego Calderón, Orishas, La Mala Rodriguez & Vincento from Fabulosos Cadillacs. Just take a look at early reaction to the album:
"You say you want a revolution... a smoking new album... [Calle 13] is well on its way to becoming the hottest [band] in Latin music... a bonafide phenomenon... [Calle 13] pen explosive, acrobatic and often hilarious lyrics that go beyond [simple] let's dance reggaeton fodder and meld sex, food, politics, de todo- and raps in a tone that's half circus barker, half-smutty-but smart bandido... when Reggaeton was already producing clones and threatening to burn out, The duo stepped up, took bread-and-butter Reggaeton and turned it into a feast. It was nothing short of a revolution...'Residente o Visitante' [is] one of the most anticipated Latin music CDs in years"
- LATINA Magazine - May COVER Story
"Calle 13 comes out blasting in a fiery new CD...the long-awaited second CD is a love letter to Latin America... an exhilarating travelogue through the sounds and rhythms of 'El Sur' with generous sprinklings of Calle 13's foul-mouthed lyrical brilliance... 'Residente o Visitante' flows like a muddy river of pounding-beats, acoustic instruments and sick humor... this is the new Calle 13: bold and controversial as ever, and absolutely ready to take a stand" - New York Daily News - "Viva" - April COVER Story
"Calle 13 Leads Us Into Temptation...their outrageously clever style has placed them on the throne of the urban genre... Whether it's rap, reggaeton or
tropical-alternative-urban, the team of stepbrothers known as René Pérez,
"Residente" and Eduardo Cabra, "Visitante," bring their flow to a whole new level by unveiling a superior form of music with the release of their second album, Residente o Visitante...Calle 13 is the new force showing its impact by putting dem bow to the test. They have redefined quality by raising the bar through their projection of powerful lyrics and original musical proposals in what we now know as the alternative urban sound...[Calle 13 is] the new generation of outspoken musical revolutionaries... Residente and Visitante operate on a level that ignores classification, limitations and exclusion." - Batanga - May COVER story
"Calle 13 stretch Reggaeton to fit their ambitions... with their second CD, they're determined to build on their already impressive debut and re-sculpt Reggaeton... In a way, they're comparable to the Beastie boys... expanding their sound far beyond [a genre's] previously imagined limits... [they reject] Reggaeton cliché"
- Global Rhythm - May COVER Story
"The duo who have stretched the limits of reggaeton are poised to clarify their
identity with the release of their second album... Calle 13's emergence on the
music scene has been sudden and explosive... the group went from underground to
Grammy winners at a blinding clip... [Calle 13 are] a rhythmically hypnotic and
impishly whimsical attack on egos and pretensions." - HISPANIC Magazine- April Cover Tag Feature
"on the warpath... Calle 13 [is set to] assault the American continent with their new album"
- HORA HISPANA - April COVER Story (translated)
"Ready To Blow-Up in 2007...Calle 13's avant-garde debut proved that the genre can have a sense of purpose and the duo continues to push the envelope in '07 with their reggaeton-tango mash-up aptly titled "Tango Del Pecado."... It's hard to imagine Calle 13 eclipsing their '06 accomplishments, but after shocking the world ...look for the boys from Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico, to raise their game to a whole new level." - New York Post
"Calle 13 is back with a new CD...and if the album is anything like it's first
single, it will be a bomb. "Tango del Pecado" is the best reggaeton I've heard so far in 2007. Residente and Visitante reinvent the genre all over again, as they did on Calle 13's self-titled debut album last year...[Residente's] lyrical flow is unmatched, his satirical style a relief in a genre that's taking itself way too serious. As with their breakthrough single "Atrévete-te", you can also interpret the song as an answer to common prejudices surrounding reggaeton and hip-hop."
- La Onda Tropical
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